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Diffstat (limited to 'tools/testing/selftests/rseq/rseq.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/testing/selftests/rseq/rseq.h | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/rseq.h b/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/rseq.h index 4e217b620e0c..062d10925a10 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/rseq.h +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/rseq.h @@ -60,7 +60,14 @@ extern ptrdiff_t rseq_offset; /* - * Size of the registered rseq area. 0 if the registration was + * The rseq ABI is composed of extensible feature fields. The extensions + * are done by appending additional fields at the end of the structure. + * The rseq_size defines the size of the active feature set which can be + * used by the application for the current rseq registration. Features + * starting at offset >= rseq_size are inactive and should not be used. + * + * The rseq_size is the intersection between the available allocation + * size for the rseq area and the feature size supported by the kernel. * unsuccessful. */ extern unsigned int rseq_size; |